5 things we learned from the Golden Globes
The show will remembered for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s (presumed) last hosting hurrah, a running gag featuring Margaret Cho as a North Korean representative and a couple of gasp-inducing…
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Senator’s daughter doesn’t think Biden’s ‘creepy’
At least, that’s what her father told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace in an interview this weekend when he was asked about his daughter’s interaction with Biden during the…
Princeton janitor brings clean water to hometown in Haiti
Keeping the dormitories and lecture halls spotless for Ivy League students has been his livelihood since Lajeunesse moved to the United States as a young man. He works two jobs…
Sweet turnaround for Uganda’s sugar kings
Packing this rough, woody crop is heavy going and making sure every inch of space is utilized is key. Transport costs money, after all, and this humble sugar farmer has…
Ben Ainslie plots America’s Cup history
But it’s the look in his brown eyes, the glare that offers a glimpse of the other side of sailing’s Jekyll and Hyde. His friend and America’s Cup rival skipper…
Imogen Heap’s sci-fi gloves make anyone a musician
For a start, the “studio” is actually a converted barn deep in the English countryside. The woman playing the “instrument” is Grammy Award-winning musician Imogen Heap. And the drum she’s…
Opinion: To start the year right have ‘the talk’ with your aging parents
We want to be forever vital, self-sufficient and powerful, like the vampires of “Twilight,” and we are fearful of aging into the semi-sentient zombies of “The Walking Dead.” The good…
Baby buried by 2010 Haiti quake: See her now
But, in the midst of this despair, a miracle arrived at Project Medishare. CNN Senior Photographer Ferre Dollar caught these images seconds after she arrived. Look closely at the center…
Did ex-NFL player swim 9 miles to safety? Well, we’ll find out soon
Details about his arduous adventure are unclearhe’ll provide more information to the media at a news conference Monday in Plantation, Florida. – The former NFL player was hospitalized for hypothermia.
The perils of stardom on Capitol Hill
Ernst, a political unknown who rose to fame in 2014 with an ad promising she could cut pork in Washington because of her experience castrating hogs on her family farm,…
Charlie Hebdo attacks: Get up to speed on the latest developments
Millions rallied in Paris against terrorism and extremism over the weekend. Thousands of police officers are being deployed across France. And the lone remaining suspect in last week’s terror attacks…
John Kerry unhurt after car accident in India
The SUV in which Kerry was traveling was rear-ended as it made its way through streets of the city of Ahmedabad, where Kerry had attended an international business conference. Kerry…
FAST4 — tennis’ answer to cricket’s Twenty20
This new version of tennis, which marks some of the most significant rule changes in the sport’s history, consists of the best-of-three sets with quick changeovers and sudden-death playoffs to…
Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest’ massacre
As terrified villagers scattered into the bush in Baga town and surrounding villages, the gunmen unloaded motorcycles from their truck and chased after them. Residents hid under scant brush. Bullets…
School where Pakistani Taliban massacred over 130 children reopens
The horrifying terrorist attack on the Army Public School and Degree College in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 145 people, including 132 children. Shahrukh Hussain, 15,…
Kerry defends absence from unity rally, will go to Paris on Thursday
“This is sort of quibbling,” Kerry told reporters when asked about the absences at the anti-terrorism rally Sunday, attended by at least 3.7 million people, including the heads of Great…
10 of the world’s most amazing long-distance trails
Perhaps that’s what makes these adventures so memorable. Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of her 1,000-mile trek along the U.S. Pacific Crest Trail was so enthralling it made it to Hollywood. “Wild,”…
Hong Kong media HQ, tycoon residence targeted in Molotov cocktail attack
Minutes later, similar devices were thrown at Next Media’s headquarters in another part of the city. Police told CNN that both cases are currently undergoing investigation, and no arrests have…
Scores killed in Pakistan bus collision
Police are investigating whether the tanker was solely at fault, or whether the bus driver also bore some responsibility. Shoaib Siddiqui, Commissioner of Karachi, told CNN that initial investigations suggest…
Ex-FAMU band member gets 6 years in prison for 2011 hazing death
In October, Martin was found guilty of manslaughter and felony hazing. On Friday, an Orange County circuit court judge sentenced him to 77 months. “I honestly am ashamed that I…
Transatlantic flight nears supersonic speeds
‘Like surfing’ Former BA pilot Alastair Rosenschein told the British press that riding the jet stream was “just like surfing.” – Some 40,000 households in Scotland were without power as…
5 things to know for your New Day — Monday, January 12
GOLDEN GLOBES Shockers, romance and jokes: The Golden Globes was pretty much what we expected with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting: irreverent and funny. They made jokes about everything,…
Jake Tapper: I’m ashamed by U.S. leaders’ absence in Paris
The rally Sunday for unity drew 1.5 million people in Paris and more than twice that nationwide; it was like nothing I’ve ever seen or covered. Our nation’s oldest ally…
China air rage: Flight canceled after passengers open emergency exit doors
On Saturday, passengers on a plane departing Kunming Changshui International Airport in southwestern China, angry with the crew for turning off the air-conditioning during the de-icing process, opened three emergency…
Flight data recorder recovered in search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501
The tail section of the aircraft, which houses the two devices known popularly as black boxes, was lifted from the Java Sea on Saturday. But searchers didn’t find the flight…
Terrorists slipping through serious security breaches in France
And it couldn’t come at a worse time. The brazen murders of 17 innocent people, in three separate attacks in as many days, has led to a fabled city shaken,…
Five years after the quake: Haiti at a crossroads
The government estimated about 220,000 deaths from the disaster, which occurred five years ago Monday. It also left about 1.5 million Haitians homeless. Then things got worse. A massive cholera…
2015 Golden Globe Awards: Winners List
Best motion picturedrama “Boyhood”“Foxcatcher”“The Imitation Game”“Selma”“The Theory of Everything” Best motion picture — musical or comedy “Birdman”“The Grand Budapest Hotel”“Into the Woods”“Pride” “St. Vincent” Best actress in a motion picture…
U.S. working assumption: AQAP ordered Said Kouachi to carry out an attack
U.S. officials Sunday said American authorities don’t have evidence yet directly linking AQAP to specifically ordering the Paris attack last week at the offices of the satirical magaine. “We don’t…
Antarctica and back in a day? Yep, you can
“I was having lunch with the chief pilot of Qantas prior to our first private jet tour when I casually enquired whether flights to Antarctica would be possible,” says Asker….